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review 2019-12-10 00:00
Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi Check out my full review on this book @ https://rrkreads.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/december-reading-update-and-book-review-week-1/
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review 2019-07-26 15:51
Mixed feelings
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi

It's a very interesting concept but I have to agree with some other reviewers in that the voices weren't very distinct in the different chapters.  However it's an interesting tale of an alternative world where the king killed all the magic users in retribution for his family's death and severed the link between people with magical potential and the magic. Zélie Adebola is one of these, training and trying to keep out of sight when an opportunity to bring magic back presents itself and she has to try.  With some friends and enemies turned allies she is the last hope for magic in this world.

 

It was a good read but somehow I felt like there was unfulfilled potential here. 

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review 2019-01-17 00:00
Children of Blood and Bone
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#1 Children of Blood and Bone - ★★★★★

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‘’In the beginning, Orisha was a land where the rare and sacred maji thrived. Each of the ten clans was gifted by the gods above and given a different power to land.’’

It is not every day that you encounter a book that lets you dive in a world of magic, with such intensity as Children of Blood and Bone. A story so beautifully written, that you forget this is not the real world and you are in a fantasy story. This is one of the books I wish I could keep reading it for the first time again and again.

When majis are born with white hair, it means that they are touched by the Gods. They are called Diviners, and when they celebrate their thirteenth birthday, they have the ability to use magic.

Zelie still remembers how Orisha used to have magic. Different clans existed, and they could all control different things: air, water, earth… But Zelie also remembers the night when everything went wrong. When the king and the army came and killed hundreds of people. Zelie remembers, like it was yesterday, how on that night they brutally killed her mother. The night when magic disappeared forever.

And when Zelie realises that she is one of the very few people that can still use magic, and return magic in Orisha, she goes on a quest with her brother. With the help of a princess that escapes the castle, she has to learn to control her magic powers, and also her feelings for an enemy she mustn’t trust.

‘’I longed for the day I would feel the magic of the dead in my bones, but right now all I can feel is an unnerving tingle in my veins.’’

The world is so well created, and the characters are all loveable and adorable. The magic story in this book is unique and I loved getting to know more about all clans, what they can do, and reading about people realising they have magic in themselves.

Zelie, as a character, is the protagonist, as all adventures are revolved around her, but the other characters are as much as important, if not in some cases, more important than her. She is a character that many of us can relate to. A person that has been denied the sole purpose of existing. A person that has suffered, because of other people’s choices. For Zelie, this was the denial of magic to her and her people, but for others it could be just anything. What I loved the most was the bravery that she showed, even though inside her she would be so scared. It felt as if fear itself made her to be brave. And I have felt that many times. Sometimes, you don’t really have a choice, but to be brave, no matter how scared you might be.

Then, we have Zelie’s brother, Tzain, who is always the more cautious one and tries to (unsuccessfully) keep Zelie out of trouble. He has so much love for Zelie in his heart and is always the one throwing himself out there to protect her. If I ever had a brother, I would wish for him to be Tzain. I couldn’t explain the love and connection they have together with Zelie. It’s so beautiful!

Then there is Amari, the princess that doesn’t agree with her father’s choices, and decides to follow her heart. I think I loved Amari the most out of all characters, as she was my true hero. Raised in a world of ruthless cruelty, and forced to do things she doesn’t want, her father, the king, always believes that she is weak, and incapable of defending herself and ruling a kingdom. And out there, with Zelie and Tzain, is where Amari finds her true self, and the moment she does is the best scene in this whole book, the beauty of a woman being so powerful, only because she was being belittled her whole life.

‘’It’s like seeing her for the first time: the human behind the maji. Fear embedded in the pain. Tragedy caused in Father’s name.’’

And in the end, we have Inan, the most controversial character in this book. The son of the king, and brother of Amari, dedicated to follow his father and rule the kingdom, but struggling between what is right and wrong. When he realises he has magic as well, he can’t confess, as his father kills those who have magic, but meeting Zelie, he is not so sure anymore of what really is happening in his kingdom, and has to make a decision on whose side he wants to be.

‘’The truth cuts like the sharpest knife I’ve ever known.’’

I loved how the story is focused on both worlds:

The world of Zelie and Tzain, where they live in small town with their father, they have to pay incredible amount of diviner tax, and the taxes get more and more expensive, and become impossible to be paid, so people have to go and do free labor for the king, never to be free again. They are faced with such unfairness and cruelty, but their families and the people in the village are sticking together to survive through everything.

And then we have the world of Amari and Inan, and the King. A world where magic is forbidden and all people that can use magic are being slaughtered. A world where being fierceless and cruel means that you are strong enough to lead a kingdom, and protect Orisha.

The only remark I have on this book were the acknowledgements. As much as I respect that story being told, and appreciate it with all my heart, I also really wished I haven’t read that part as it changed the story in the end for me, in a negative way. As I truly believe that every single person has the ability of magic in themselves. Every single person is powerful, and we all should be Diviners! And Inan having the ability himself proves my point on this as well.

A story about the battle of magic and friendships, a story about wins and losses, a world where magic lives in every single one of us. A world where we all belong. A masterpiece, this is. And a powerful one as well.
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text 2018-08-08 21:58
My July 2018
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Miraculous - Das verwunschene Parfüm - Barbara Neeb,Katharina Schmidt
Always Never Yours - Austin Siegemund-Broka,Emily Wibberley
Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn - Tomi Adeyemi,Andrea Fischer
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz - J.K. Rowling
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - 5 stars
Miraculous - Das verwunschene Parfüm - 5 stars
Always Never Yours - 5 stars
Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn - 4 stars
Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz - 5 stars

 

Favorite book(s) of the month: Dear Ijeawele, Always Never Yours, Harry Potter (duh!)

 

Books started this month but haven't finished yet: Manga Classics: Romeo And Juliet

 

Look at me, finally posting my wrap up. I don't know why it's taking me so freaking long, it's not like I have tons of books to talk about. But 5 are not that bad, I'm actually super happy about it, especially since they all got a really good raiting from me, and were seriously soooo good. I'm still mad about me, for not finishing Romeo and Julie yet. I hate this play since highschool, I never read it there, and I have so many problems with it, still, even when it's in Manga format and way easier to read. I just don't like the story. Here we go, now I put a freaking mini review in this wrap up LOL

 
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review SPOILER ALERT! 2018-07-28 15:27
Goldener Zorn // Children of Blood and Bone!!!
Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn - Tomi Adeyemi,Andrea Fischer

German and english review
First things first: I received this book through NetGalley.

 

 

Inhalt: Sie töteten meine Mutter.
Sie raubten uns die Magie.
Sie zwangen uns in den Staub.

Jetzt erheben wir uns.


Zélies Welt war einst voller Magie. Flammentänzer spielten mit dem Feuer, Geistwandler schufen schillernde Träume, und Seelenfänger wie Zélies Mutter wachten über Leben und Tod. Bis zu der Nacht, als ihre Kräfte versiegten und der machthungrige König von Orïsha jeden einzelnen Magier töten ließ. Die Blutnacht beraubte Zélie ihrer Mutter und nahm einem ganzen Volk die Hoffnung.

Jetzt hat Zélie eine einzige Chance, die Magie nach Orïsha zurückzuholen. Ihre Mission führt sie über dunkle Pfade, wo rachedurstige Geister lauern, und durch glühende Wüsten, die ihr und ihrer treuen Löwenesse alles abverlangen. Dabei muss sie ihren Feinden immer einen Schritt voraus sein. Besonders dem Kronprinzen, der mit allen Mitteln verhindern will, dass die Magie je wieder zurückkehrt …

 

Ich wollte das Buch so viel mehr lieben als ich es letzendlich tat. Aber ich mochte es, das ist ja schließlich auch was.

 

Ich mochte den Schreibstil der Autorin unheimlich gerne, ich finde sie hat es toll gemacht uns die Welt näher zu bringen und alles zu erklären aber auch noch genug Raum für die eigene Fantasie gelassen. Ich mochte die Welt, die sie erschaffen hat und die Atmosphäre.

 

Ich mochte, dass wir die Geschichte aus drei verschiedenen Sichten erzählt bekommen haben. Zélie, Amari, und Inan. Obwohl ich sagen muss, dass ich ab einem gewissen Zeitpunkt keine Lust mehr auf Inans Sicht der Dinge hatte und liebendgerne seine Kapitel übersprungen hätte. Dafür mochte ich die anderen Beiden um so mehr.

 

Was mich gleich zu dem Thema Charakter bringt. Wir haben Zélie, die ich einfach sofort mag. Sie ist mir gleich ans Herz gewachsen und durch das Buch hinweg, ist sie mir immer wichtiger geworden. Alles an ihrer Kindheit hat mir das Herz gebrochen, alles im Hier und Jetzt hat mich zum Verzweifeln gebracht, weil Dinge passiert sind, die sie nicht beeinflussen konnte aber auch weil sie für sich eigenartige Entscheidungen getroffen hat, die ich absolut nicht nachvollziehen konnte und es immer noch nicht kann. Doch ich mochte sie einfach unheimlich gerne.
Das Gleiche gilt für Amari, ich muss allerdings ehrlich gestehen, dass ich sie doch ein bisschen mehr mag. Sie hat eindeutig die größte Verwandlung in dem Buch durchgemacht. Sie hat wirklich auch so viel durchmachen müssen aber ist dadurch um einiges stärker geworden.
Zu Inan sage ich nichts, weil ich seine Rolle in dem Buch einfach nur eine riesengroße Zeitverschwendung finde. Ich fand es am Anfang interessant, dass er ebenfalls magische Kräfte hatte, das war aber auch das einzig interessante an ihm. In jedem seiner Kapitel hat er seine Meinung zu Dingen und die Seiten gewechselt, manchmal sogar innerhalb eines Kapitels. Das hat mich einfach nur genervt.

 

Da kommen wir gleich zum nächsten Thema das mich mächtig gestört hat. Die Beziehung zwischen Zélie und Inan. Was war das denn? War das nötig? Vor allem kann ich immer noch nicht nachvollziehen, wie das Ganze entstanden ist, geschweige denn wie sich die ganze Sache entwickelt hat. Wenn ich vor allem bedenke, wie lange Zélie gebraucht hat um Amari als etwas anderes zu sehen als ihren Vater, der ihre Mutter und so viele andere hat töten lassen. Nach allem was Inan selbst getan hat, fand ich diesen Wandel einfach nur furchtbar.
Die Beziehung/Freundschaft zwischen Zélie und Amari fand ich dabei um einiges interessanter, wie es sich im Laufe des Buches entwickelt hat und wie Zélie in Amari mit der Zeit eine echte Freundin und Vertraute gesehen hat, anstatt ihre Feindin. (Abgesehen von den familiären Beziehung wie Zélie und ihr Vater, oder Zélie und Tzain, ihrem Bruder, fand ich die Beziehung zwischen Zélie und Amari eigentlich am allerwichtigsten).

 

Alles in allem mochte ich das Buch total, allerdings wurde es mir durch einige Kleinigkeiten kaputt gemacht. Ich bin allerdings total auf das nächste Buch gespannt.

 

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Summary: They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.

Now we rise.

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.

Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers and her growing feelings for an enemy.

 

I wanted to love this book so much more than I actually did. But I liked it, so this is something, I guess.

 

I loved the writing and how the author brought this world to live and explained enough to get me there, but left me enough room to get my own imagination going. I loved the world she build and the setting, and just the whole atmosphere.

 

I really liked that the story was told from three different points of view. Zélie, Amari, and Inan. Although I have to say that after a certain time, I was so done with Inan's point of view and would've loved to just skip his parts. I loved the other two way more.

 

This brings me right to the characters. We have Zélie, who I loved from the first page. She had a place in my heart right away and throughout the book, she became more and more important to me. Everything about her childhood, her whole past, broke my heart. Everything in the here and now, frustrated me to no end, cause things happend that she couldn't control but she also made decisions herself that I couldn't understand at the time, and still can't. I still loved her very much.
The same goes for Amari, I have to admit, though, that I love her a bit more. She grew the most throughout this story. She went through quite a lot in her life but she came out so much stronger at the end.
I don't actually want to say anything about Inan, cause I thought his role in the book was just a big waste of time. In the beginning, I thought it was really interesting that he had magic, but that was and still is the only interesting thing about him. He changed his opinion and sides every chapter, sometimes even in the same chapter. He just annoyed me to know end.

 

So let's talk about the next thing that annoyed me a lot. The relationship between Zélie and Inan. What even was that? Was that in anyway necessary? I still can't understand or even begin to understand how this even happened and how things developed between them. Especially thinking about the fact that Zélie took forever to see Amari as anything else than her father, who killed her mother and so many other people. After everything Inan done himself, I just thought that change was just terrible.
The relationship between Zélie and Amari was so much more interesting, how this developed and how Zélie started to see Amari as a real friend and someone she could trust, instead of her enemy.
(Apart from the familial relationships, Zélie and her dad, or Zélie and Tzain, her brother, I tought the relationship between Zélie and Amari was the most important one).
 

Overall, I liked the book a lot, there were just small parts that didn't make me love it. But I'm very interested and excited for the next book.

 
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